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4 Provide a name and a description for the storage capability.
Storage Capability Property Example
Name Fault tolerance.
Description Storage that has a capacity over 2TB and is fault-tolerant.
5 Click OK.
The storage capability appears in the list and is specified as User-Defined in the Type column.
What to do next
Assign the user-defined storage capabilities to datastores that have that capability.
Edit the Description of a User-Defined Storage Capability
You can edit a user-defined storage capability to make its description illustrate the quality of service that the
storage capability guarantees.
You cannot edit system-defined storage capabilities.
Procedure
1 In the VM Storage Profiles view of the vSphere Client, click Manage Storage Capabilities.
The Manage Storage Capabilities dialog box appears.
2 In the Manage Storage Capabilities dialog box, select a user-defined storage capability and click Edit.
3 Provide a more detailed description of the storage capability and click OK.
You cannot change the name of a user-defined storage capability.
The new description appears in the Description column of the Manage Storage Capabilities dialog box.
Edit the Description of a User-Defined Storage Capability in the
vSphere Web Client
You can edit a user-defined storage capability to make its description illustrate the quality of service that the
storage capability guarantees.
You cannot edit system-defined storage capabilities.
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client Home, click Rules and Profiles > VM Storage Profiles.
2 Click the Create, Edit or Remove Storage Capabilities icon.
3 On the Manage Storage Capabilities page, select a user-defined storage capability and click the edit icon.
4 Provide a more detailed description of the storage capability and click OK.
You cannot change the name of a user-defined storage capability.
The new description appears in the Description column of the Manage Storage Capabilities page.
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